Charm Bracelet
1800-1900 (made), 1970-1980 (assembled)
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This charm bracelets is believed to have been assembled in the 1970s using the jewelled heads of nineteenth-century stick pins as charms. Individuality is a key element of any charm bracelet due to the personal way in which the charms are collected. Here the diversity of shapes and of minerals create a rich and colourful effect.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lapis lazuli, purple glass, jadeite, almandine garnet, black opal, diamond, green tourmaline, white opal, citrine, bloodstone, pearl, moss agate and gold |
| Brief description | Gold charm bracelet from which hang the tops of ten gem-set stick pins, Europe, 19th century, assembled United States, 20th century. |
| Physical description | Gold chain bracelet with double loops, hung at regular intervals with ten gem-set pendants. |
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| Credit line | Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Patricia V. Goldstein |
| Summary | This charm bracelets is believed to have been assembled in the 1970s using the jewelled heads of nineteenth-century stick pins as charms. Individuality is a key element of any charm bracelet due to the personal way in which the charms are collected. Here the diversity of shapes and of minerals create a rich and colourful effect. |
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| Accession number | M.202-2007 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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